MY AMP IS TALKING TO ME!

[ledzep5296]

I plugged my bass in, turned on my amp, and all of a sudden I was hearing someone speaking Spanish. I figure I was picking up radio with my bass. Has this happened to any of you guys? Or am just insane?

[anonymous02282011]

that's what happens when you smoke good herb.

(just kidding, you're picking up a radio signal, either thru your amp or your pickups)

[moles]

I used to get taxi company dispatch calls coming through my rig in one town I used to play in. I had a Yamaha wireless system at the time - so that was definitely the culprit. It only happened at that one venue though.

[Fassa Albrecht]

My amp did this on more than one occasion, including a bizarre incident where my amp started speaking Urdu.

[millsbass5]

Oh,yeah. That happens all the time around here,with all the logging/coal trucks driving around talking on their CB's.

[ledzep5296]

Ok, so im not insane.(P.s. there were no illegal drugs related to this experience)

[Bloodhammer]

My old Crate guitar amp was [tuned] on the Mexican Radio.

[Buxtehude]

Your amp is possessed. Call a priest.

[caeman]

My Gallien-Kruger speaks german.

[Slapstyle]

My cell phone comes through my EMG's if I hold it close enough. Are you using shielded instrument cables? That should take care of most radio frequency interferance, but clearly not all, as it seems plenty of people have had the same issue.

[Stilettoprefer]

When my band was doing some rough recordings my bass amp apperantly picked up a radio station. So when we went back to listen to the song we could hear a mattress store commercial before the bassline came in:P We got a good laugh out of it:P

Oh and I found out that if I have my phone playing music then hold the speaker up to a pickup magnet, the music will play through the bass and into the amp haha.

[pnut166]

I picked up police chatter in my car once for about a full minute.

[Rockman]

If these kinds of things happen someone is violating the allotted frequency spectrum for their use. Not much can be done about it though so I guess you just have to deal.

[Sublab]

I want my amp to talk dirty to me.

[hrodbert696]

My first practice amp, I kept trying to play prog rock and all it would give me was country-western.

[agent77]

I've had a few apartments in Meadville, PA. and I would always pick up one of local country music stations, no matter which amp I used. It was actually a really good way to keep me on top of the wheather.

[rmkesler]

It's all good so long as you don't start talking back.

[addylewis]

German radio is what we get around here...one of my bandmates used to pick it up fairly often - then at the studio last weekend we suddenly got German radio coming through the amp whilst trying to get some guitar feedback lol...it didn't go through the recording gear but it picked it up through the mic'ed up amp lol

[fhm555]

Used to play in an old church converted to a music hall. When we would take a break I would get this real fire and brimstone preacher through my amp just loud enough to hear if you were standing right in front of my amp. it was a local religious radio station bleeding through.

[thedeadmelon]

The guitarist in my old band always picked up Spanish speaking radio. I guess amps prefer Spanish!